PING Engineer - Application Security Administrator

PING Engineer - Application Security Admin Job Summary

Location:  Westfield Center, OH Hybrid Work Environment

You’re ready to make your mark where people care about each other. Where your work is meaningful. And where your unique perspectives are welcome. Think about joining Westfield, a company focused on what’s most important – the people behind our policies. 

The PING Engineer - Application Security Administrator, working under minimal supervision, is a hands-on role that works closely with application development and support teams to implement application security best practices, perform software reviews, conduct security testing and identify/remediate application security vulnerabilities for the enterprise. The PING Engineer - Application Security Administrator participates in asset ownership for the suite of single sign on security tools and other identity federation technologies.

Essential Functions (primary functions and/or reasons the job exists in order of importance)

1. Provides advanced systems administrative support for the installed web application security, single sign on and identity federation tools.
2. Support and manage security solutions for internally built applications and vendor applications to allow for secure exchange of business data and identity.
3. Investigates/troubleshoots/remediates user-to-system and system-to-system access for Westfield’s web-based application environment.
4. Works with application teams to integrate and support applications utilizing supported security technologies and established design patterns.
5. Acts in a project management capacity as a resource in small to medium level complexity projects, as directed.
6. Performs routine maintenance for application security software to include quarterly patches and software upgrades following Westfield’s standard change management best practice. 

Desired Qualifications/Experience/Certification/Education (in order of importance)

1. At least 2 years of IT experience.
2. 2 years of experience with Enterprise LDAP systems and/or integration tools.
3. Experience in web or mobile application security.
4. Experience implementing and engineering application security policies and standards (e.g. Web Services, SSO, SAML, OAuth, OIDC, LDAP, Federation)
5. Experience with web application security, single sign on and identity federation tools (e.g. IBM Security Access Manager, Federation Identity Manager, WebSeal, SecureAuth, Ping Identity, Oracle Enterprise Single Sign-On, CA SiteMinder, Okta, ADFS etc)
6. Experience with web services (e.g. REST, SOAP).

Physical Requirements (specific to the role)

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. 

• Ability to work effectively in an office environment for 40 hours per week (including sitting, standing, and working on a computer for extended periods of time).
• Ability to communicate effectively in a collaborative work environment utilizing various technologies such as:  telephone, computer, web, voice, teleconferencing, e-mail, etc.
• Ability to travel as required.
• Ability to operate an automobile within the parameters of the driving policy.
• Required rotational on-call support.

This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

Westfield cares about relationships. We pay attention to the details, and embrace what each employee brings to the mix. If you are talented in your profession but also care about people – whether you’re just starting out or have decades of experience – we want to talk with you. Learn more about current opportunities at www.westfieldinsurance.com/careers.  Some of the Employee Benefits Include:

• Competitive Market-Based Salary
• Annual bonus program based on corporate results
• 3% Safe Harbor 401k contribution
• Robust, well-funded, defined-benefit pension plan
• 144 hours of PTO along with 5 sick days
• Gorgeous campus with food court, onsite gym, personal trainers, physical therapists

We are an equal opportunity employer/minority/female/disability/protected veteran.

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